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A Gathering of Old Men
Contributor(s): Gaines, Ernest J. (Author)

ISBN: 0679738908 ISBN-13: 9780679738909
Publisher: Vintage

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 1992
Annotation: Set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s, A Gathering of Old Men is a powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man.
"Poignant, powerful, earthy...a novel of Southern racial confrontation in which a group of elderly black men band together against whites who seek vengeance for the murder of one of their own."--"Booklist
"A fine novel...there is a denouement that will shock and move readers as much as it does the characters."--"Philadelphia Inquirer

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | African American - Historical
- Fiction | Historical - General

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 91058064

Lexile Measure: 650(Not Available)

Series: Vintage Contemporaries

Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" L (0.45 lbs) 224 pages

Themes:
- Cultural Region - Deep South
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - Louisiana

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 15838
Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
A powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man--set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s.

The Village Voice called A Gathering of Old Men "the best-written novel on Southern race relations in over a decade."

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